He created mankind with free will because no one can truly love without free will. The downside of free will Is the choice to also choose wrong. And so we chose wrong, yet He still gives us all opportunity to choose love and to choose Him, The hallmark of His example of love is choosing to take our Deserved death Upon his shoulders so that we might be saved through Him.
There are lots of stories of gods throughout the ages, but how many of those gods sacrifice their own life for the undeserving mortals He created, so that they may know Him and have a chance to live with him eternally. It’s a story of love from beginning to end.
A key difference being that I never once mentioned that humans are inherently good. I think man is flawed and sinned thus needing saving , thus needing mercy and thus needing grace. We are given the free will to repent from our sinful nature and choose Christ our Lord and Saviour who takes away the sin of the world.
The history of the church is filled with as many flaws as anything so I would be careful using the term heresy all Willy nilly without any Biblical references.
Your question can be broken down into: (1) why did God create Man? and (2) why does Man need saving? Firstly, we cannot know why God would do something because He is all-knowing and we are not. But here’s my guess: God is an embodiment of Love. Love cannot be displayed without having something to love. Hence, God created man to love him, and for us to love God. Secondly, God did not make us to automatically love Him. Why? Because love is made more powerful only by the fact that we have the option to not love. When we sin we choose not to love God and because God is infinitely perfect and loving, he is going to take offence to that. That’s why He sacrificed his Son, out of an act of Love, to bring us back into good standing.
These are just some musings of a new Christian. I would encourage you to seek a local church and find someone who would do a better job than I can.
I think because God gave everyone complete freedom and with that freedom complete responsibility.
Then he gave commandments how not to use that freedom for evil.
Then everyone was disobedient to God and failed to keep his commandments in one way or another. Therefore God's wrath.
But God didn't create everything to be destroyed, so he wanted to save people from his own righteous wrath, so Jesus gave his life in our place, satisfying God's wrath for us, so everyone can now also be saved through Jesus.
So if you're not under Jesus' mercy, you're still under God's wrath.
Why did God create something (humankind) that also needed to be saved from his wrath?
Genuine question.
He created mankind with free will because no one can truly love without free will. The downside of free will Is the choice to also choose wrong. And so we chose wrong, yet He still gives us all opportunity to choose love and to choose Him, The hallmark of His example of love is choosing to take our Deserved death Upon his shoulders so that we might be saved through Him.
There are lots of stories of gods throughout the ages, but how many of those gods sacrifice their own life for the undeserving mortals He created, so that they may know Him and have a chance to live with him eternally. It’s a story of love from beginning to end.
This is borderline Pelagianism. It was condemned as heretical 1600 years ago.
A key difference being that I never once mentioned that humans are inherently good. I think man is flawed and sinned thus needing saving , thus needing mercy and thus needing grace. We are given the free will to repent from our sinful nature and choose Christ our Lord and Saviour who takes away the sin of the world.
The history of the church is filled with as many flaws as anything so I would be careful using the term heresy all Willy nilly without any Biblical references.
Tough Question. But I’ll take a stab.
Your question can be broken down into: (1) why did God create Man? and (2) why does Man need saving? Firstly, we cannot know why God would do something because He is all-knowing and we are not. But here’s my guess: God is an embodiment of Love. Love cannot be displayed without having something to love. Hence, God created man to love him, and for us to love God. Secondly, God did not make us to automatically love Him. Why? Because love is made more powerful only by the fact that we have the option to not love. When we sin we choose not to love God and because God is infinitely perfect and loving, he is going to take offence to that. That’s why He sacrificed his Son, out of an act of Love, to bring us back into good standing.
These are just some musings of a new Christian. I would encourage you to seek a local church and find someone who would do a better job than I can.
Your changing of heart is your own miracle.
It was to me, at least. I was a militant atheist once upon a time.
Thank you for the explanation and reply. Much appreciated.
I think because God gave everyone complete freedom and with that freedom complete responsibility.
Then he gave commandments how not to use that freedom for evil.
Then everyone was disobedient to God and failed to keep his commandments in one way or another. Therefore God's wrath.
But God didn't create everything to be destroyed, so he wanted to save people from his own righteous wrath, so Jesus gave his life in our place, satisfying God's wrath for us, so everyone can now also be saved through Jesus.
So if you're not under Jesus' mercy, you're still under God's wrath.
Thanks for the reply (: